NORRISTOWN – The discovery of pornographic material on a convicted sex offender’s cell phone while he was on probation has prompted a judge to send the man back to prison.

Robert Marquis Lee, 21, formerly of Stony Creek Court in Towamencin, was sentenced in Montgomery County Court to 1 ˝ to 3 years in a state correctional facility, to be followed by five years’ probation, after Judge Thomas C. Branca determined Lee violated conditions of the eight-year probationary period he was serving in connection with a 2011 conviction for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old female acquaintance from Hatfield.

With the new sentence, Lee, who previously served a 1-to-2-year stint in prison in the sexual assault case, will now be under court supervision for another eight years.

Specifically, state parole officials and prosecutors alleged Lee showed a “blatant disregard” of his probationary conditions when on July 16 state agents found evidence Lee had been visiting pornographic websites from his cell phone, a technical violation of conditions he was not to possesses or view sexually explicit material while on probation.

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Court papers indicate authorities also found photographs of Lee in the presence of minors, which also was prohibited as part of the probationary conditions.

Authorities alleged Lee also left Philadelphia, where he was supposed to reside while on probation, without the permission of his supervising parole agent. Court papers indicate Towamencin police found Lee in the township on July 15. Other photographs, allegedly discovered by state agents on Lee’s phone, suggested he may have visited other areas outside Philadelphia, including a beach and establishments that sold alcohol, without the knowledge or permission of his supervising parole agent, according to court documents.

While prosecutors sought state prison time against Lee for the probation violations, defense lawyer Kate Taxis sought a county jail sentence for Lee, arguing it was his first violation and that he had maintained employment after he was paroled.

On July 20, 2011, Lee, then 19, was sentenced to 1 to 2 years in state prison and eight years of probation as part of a plea agreement under which Lee pleaded guilty to a felony charge of sexual assault without consent in connection with the Feb. 12, 2010, assault of a 15-year-old Hatfield girl on West Hancock Street in Lansdale. Lee was 17 at the time of the assault but was charged as an adult because of the nature of the crime.

Court records indicate Lee was released from the State Correctional Institution at Somerset on March 25, 2013, and was paroled to an approved home plan under which he was to reside in Philadelphia. Lee was paroled to serve the eight-year probationary portion of his sentence.

An investigation of the sexual assault began Feb. 13, 2010, when the girl reported to Lansdale police that she had been sexually assaulted by Lee and another male, Tyreece DaKwan Lewis, on Feb. 12 in Lee’s vehicle while it was parked in the rear of Lewis’ West Hancock Street residence, according to an affidavit of probable cause. The girl was treated at Abington Memorial Hospital after the assault, court papers indicate.

The girl told investigators that Lewis and Lee picked her up near her residence in Hatfield Township on the afternoon of Feb. 12 and were supposed to pick up another female friend but never did. Lewis and Lee then drove the victim to Lansdale, authorities alleged.

Lewis allegedly sexually assaulted the girl despite her telling him “No” and “stop,” according to the arrest affidavit. Lee, who was driving the vehicle at that time, reached into the backseat and also touched the girl, the arrest affidavit alleged.

Once Lee stopped the car, he allegedly climbed into the backseat and joined Lewis in the sexual assault of the girl, according to the arrest affidavit.

The girl stated she kept telling both teens to stop because she had a boyfriend but Lewis and Lee continued assaulting her “while saying they didn’t care if she had a boyfriend,” according to the arrest affidavit.

After the assault, the teenagers dropped the girl off in the vicinity of her friend’s home.

Lewis, then of West Hancock Street, also pleaded guilty to the sexual assault charge and was sentenced to 1 to 2 years in prison in connection with the 2010 incident. Lewis was 16 at the time of the crime and also was charged as an adult.

Other charges of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault and conspiracy were dismissed against the teens as part of the 2011 sentencing agreement.